Vintage design, modern illumination.

Heads up, gearhead interior decorators and motorcycle enthusiasts with dimly lit residences! Are you looking for a new way of illuminating living or working spaces that combines the elegance of a vintage Vespa with the candlepower of a Crate & Barrel? Well, have we found the lamp for you!

“It’s a restoration of a 60-year-old item, but it’s got the best of everything we can find,” The Modern Weld founder Matt Stewart told The Drive. After importing a Ukrainian headlamp for a personal motorcycle build, Stewart realized it would make a great floor lamp instead. When his friends saw it, they went nuts for it, and quickly began asking him to make more of them.

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That was a little more than a year ago, he said. Today, in addition to his Etsy store, Stewart has set up a website for the lamps, and is offering them through a select number of local retailers in the Columbus area.

“I’ve kind of been caught off-guard,” he said. “I spend more time scraping rust and polishing chrome than I ever thought.”